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Federal National Mortgage Association

(Encyclopedia)Federal National Mortgage Association (FMNA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, government-sponsored enterprise that is the largest purchaser and guarantor of home mortgages in the country. Headquartered ...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

(Encyclopedia)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, scientific research centers run by the Univ. of California, located in Berkeley, Calif., and Livermore, Calif., respec...

United States National Museum

(Encyclopedia)United States National Museum: see Smithsonian Institution. ...

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

(Encyclopedia)Appalachian National Scenic Trail: see Appalachian Trail. ...

Castle Clinton National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Castle Clinton National Monument: see Battery, the. ...

Stella, Frank

(Encyclopedia)Stella, Frank, 1936–, American artist, b. Malden, Mass. In his early “black paintings” Stella exhibits the precision and rationality that characterized minimalism, employing parallel angular str...

Stirling, Sir James Frazer

(Encyclopedia)Stirling, Sir James Frazer, 1924–92, British architect., b. Glasgow, grad. Univ. of Liverpool school of architecture (1950). Settling in London, Stirling worked in partnership (1956–63) with James...

Dry Tortugas National Park

(Encyclopedia)Dry Tortugas National Park: see under Dry Tortugas. ...

Kalahari Gemsbok National Park

(Encyclopedia)Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa: see Kalahari. ...

Nasmyth, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Nasmyth, Alexander nāˈsmĭth [key], 1758–1840, Scottish landscape and portrait painter. His Stirling Castle (National Gall., London) is a good example of his simple, picturesque Scottish scenes. H...